With a playoff game on the line, St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute rose to the challenge on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the St. Francis Red Raiders , sneaking past 23-20. This was payback for the Marauders, who suffered a 28-7 defeat the last time these two teams met.
The critical scores for St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute came from Giorgio Panepinto and George Kunz.
Despite the loss, St. Francis still got an impressive performance from Damone Allen, who picked up 104 receiving yards and two touchdowns. St. Francis is undefeated when Allen posts 80 or more receiving yards, but 2-5 otherwise.
St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.3 points per game. As for St. Francis, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5.
St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute's road trip will continue as they head out to face Canisius at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.5 points per game this season. St. Francis does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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